Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Saudi-based biotech startups raise $10 million

Saudi-based biotechnology (biotech) startups incubated by Badir Biotech Incubator, under the Badir Program raised close to $10 million...

biotech Investment Funding

U.A.E

Dubai-based Beehive raises $4 million

Source: Menabytes Dubai-based peer to peer lending platform Beehive has raised $4 million as part of its Series B round from Riyad...

Fintech Funding Investment

Lebanon

Speed raises new funding to improve future acceleration for startups

Source: Arabnet Speed, the Lebanese tech accelerator based out of the Beirut Digital District (BDD), has announced that it has raised...

accelerator Funding tech

Egypt

GoodsMart secures funding from Algebra Ventures in pre-Series B

Egypt-based e-grocery company GoodsMart announced that it has secured funding in a pre-Series B round from Algebra Ventures. This...

Funding Pre-Series B E-commerce

Kenya

Twiga Foods raises $10 million

Twiga Foods has announced a $10 million investment led by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global...

Twiga Foods Wamda Capital Funding

Egypt

Egyptian software company raised $300K from Saudi investors

Entlaqa, a software company, raised a $300,000 funding from Salem ben Saleh Ba Wazier and Mohamed ben Saleh Ba Wazier, two KSA-based...

Egypt ksa SAAS

U.A.E

Hospitality veteran invests $4M in Dubai-based virtual hotel startup to drive its expansion plan

MaisonPrive, a ‘virtual hotel’ operator that offers luxury apartments and villas to business and leisure visitors to Dubai,...

uae Funding MaisonPrive

U.A.E

Mohammed bin Rashid Innovation Fund to provide a $27M financial support during 2018

“The Mohammed bin Rashid Innovation Fund (MBRIF) plans to provide financial support aggregating AED 100 million (US $27.2 million)...

uae Funding Mohammed bin Rashid Innovation Fund to provide a $27M financial support during 2018

Egypt

Egyptian e-learning platform raises over $800,000 from UK and US angel investors

Knowledge Officer, an e-learning platform, raised £600,000 (US$ 833,500) from UK and US angel investors Ian Hurlock from Fox and...

Egypt uk Knowledge Officer

Regional

When NGO grants become a stress-less seed funding channel

Prior to early stage funding rounds, or even being structured enough for VC funding, startups could go through an intermediary funding...

Unicef Grants Funding

Regional

Investment funding platforms to match between startups and investors

Funding is almost an unavoidable burden most startups would encounter during their evolution. It is the phase where the startup’s...

Lead Angels VC Funding

Saudi Arabia

The launch of four initiatives supporting the Saudi SME sector

Saudi Arabia’s Small and Medium Enterprises Authority announced today the launch of four initiatives to support and sustain the...

vision 2030 SMEA Funding

Lebanon

Lebanon’s UK Tech Hub receives more funding and support

Following the strong performance of the UK Lebanon Tech Hub (UKLTH) - a joint initiative by Lebanon’s Central Bank, Banque du Liban,...

UKLTH UK Lebanon Tech Hub British Embassy

Regional

TreasuryXpress closes a $5M funding round to boost its services

TreasuryXpress, a global provider for frictionless and on-demand treasury management solutions (TMS), announced that it has recently closed...

Treasuryxpress MEVP Funding

Jordan

Jordanian addressing startup raises $100K from GMS Ventures & Investments

NavCode is a Jordanian smart addressing app that contains user information such as name, phone number, building number and others. It...

NavCode Addressing VC

Kenya

Wamda Capital cofunds Kenyan B2B food supply platform

Twiga Foods, the Kenyan business-to-business food supply platform announced today that it has successfully raised a Series A funding...

Twiga Wamda Capital Kenya

Regional

Investors, brace yourselves for the aftermath of unprofitable unicorn IPOs [Opinion]

The fundamental idea behind Initial Public Offerings, or IPOs, is that when companies need capital, they get themselves listed on public...

oped IPOs Funding

Palestine

Ibtikar receives a $2.5M investment, looks to help Palestinian entrepreneurs get funded

Ibtikar Fund, a Palestinian early stage venture capital firm has announced it has received a $2.5 million investment from the International...

seed investment Funding ecosystem growth

Egypt

Digital services for cash strapped Egyptian SMEs

Starting a business in Egypt is not easy, in large part because of the hassle involved in registering a new establishment and obtaining the...

Training Cloud Telecommunication

Global

Seed round legally explained

This article is a crosspost from SME Law. During the past three years, the economic cycle of the region, coupled with the influx of...

seed round startups Funding

Global

Investing for dummies: how to start investing in startups [Opinion]

Investing into startup companies is becoming more and more of a interest for a growing number of the wealthy. The reasons for this...

investement startups Funding

Saudi Arabia

Wamda's #MixNMentor 2017 in Riyadh [Wamda TV]

“We think the future is Saudi Arabia in the region." This is how Walid Faza, partner at Wamda Capital, opened Wamda’s...

MixNMentor riyadh Saudi Arabia

Jordan

Water and Business Challenge 2017

cewas Middle East Water and Business Challenge 2017 is looking for innovative ideas to help alleviate the water scarcity crisis that...

Jordan WATER Entrepreneur

Regional

Fadi Ghandour's roadmap to boosting MENA’s startup ecosystem [Opinion]

This article was crossposted from Zenith magazine. Progressive policies can help unlock the economic and job-creating potential of...

Funding Opinion Regulations

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